I live in a land called Mid-America. Here, we want less government involvement in our lives. And we're mostly non-elite, working middle-class. "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Promises, promises...

When Nancy Pelosi took over as House Speaker, she promised to "drain the swamp" and eliminate deficit spending. We know how that worked out, when corruption remained the same and her Congress raised the deficits more than any other in history.

Now, John Boehner just took the gavel and he's promising to give government back to the people and end congressional gridlock.

We'll see. I'm really not getting any warm and fuzzies that this Congress will be much better, but will give them a chance to prove themselves.